A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Warwick, Mary, Countess of

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WARWICK, MARY, COUNTESS OF,

Was the thirteenth of the fifteen children of the great Earl of Cork, founder of the illustrious house of Boyle. Mary married Charles, Earl of Warwick, whom she survived five years. Prom her liberality to the poor, her husband was said to have left his estate to charitable uses. The fame of her hospitality and benevolence, advanced the rent of the houses in her neighbourhood, where she was the common arbitress of all differences. Her awards, by the judgment and sagacity they displayed, prevented many lawsuits. She died April, 1678.